Printing machine



Oct. 21, 1930. J. A. BOYCE 1,778,842

PRINTING MACHINE Filed Aug. 16, 1927 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 21, 1930.' .1. A. BOYCE PRINTING MACHINE Filed Aug. 16, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Oct. 21, 1930. J. A. BOYCE PRINTING MACHINE Filed Aug. 16, 192i Oct. 21, 1930. .1. A. BOYCE PRINTING MACHINE Filed Aug. 16, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 Oct. 21, 1930. J. A. BOYCE ,77

PRINTING MACHINE Filged Aug. 16., 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllflllblllilllllllll Patented QctQZl, 1930 JoHN Ai BOYCE, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Feminine riAciiiivn" Application filed Angiistm, 1927. "Serial it); $55276 i i i The present invention is directed toia'ro l tary printing press employing cylinders each adapted to carry two, semi-cylindric plates around the cylinder columns circnmferentiaL- the cylinders 'being eta-length to perfect a two-page wide web or multipl'ethereof, .withan exception presently tobe noted. a I

The present invention is directedprimarily to the pro-vision of a supplement printing cyl= I W inder or cylinders adaptedto be run either at full speed or half speed for the purpose of.

printing a two-page or a 'f our page supplement, or both a two-page and four pagelsupplement, and the arrangement'ls onewhich It will permit the perfecting, folding'and cuttingjof a newspaper in any number of pages capacity of the machine, This result is at tained by the employment. of the regular cylspeed in conjunction with a eollectingmechanism ilocat'ed below the former, fwhich I arrangement permits the full speed cylinders to print alternately on continuously moving 2 full speed webs, thetext constituting'there spective sections of a newspaper, and permits;

the half speedweblrunningfrom the supplement cylinder towbecut into; supplement plement pages willlbe included in, one section only of the completed newspaper! This ca:

pacity' in the machine of -running the supplement cylinder or cylinders at half speed'forj' the purposeof introducing two page supplef ment sheets into one section'o'nly of a collect ed newspapentogether with the furthercaliver newspapers any multiple o fitwo up to 45 the full capacity of the machine. I I: I

' All of the cylinders being of a size to accommodate twojplatesaround each cylinder col-c umns circumferential, it is possible to plate" I I o I Fig1Tisadetailef theisameg"? I ew"=-illjusjtratingftlie arrangew 0 eachot the-cylinders either (with duplicate inder or cylinders capable of being run at full I I I memes lengths and introduced into every alternate length of the fullspeed ,web, so thatthe 'siip pressure against the'edgeot th "i n'se' I tedplates or with'single p1ates'around;dependingupon'the use -01 omission of collecting mechanism belowfthe former, and this capacity for alternate plating, ic'onj'oi-ned with the capacity]f0r running the supplement cylinders either-at vfullspeed or'halfspeed, en ables the machine as a whole to be employed." in the printing of newspapers either in book "form or section f0rm,fs0 that the machineis adaptable to meetfthe arying requirements both as to size 1 and "arrangement of newsarrangements 7 are 1 indicated, although" it to be 'un fl er stood that the'inVention-is sweep; c V i tible of embodiment in" other arrangements V not illustratedinthe drawings or described K? in the specification;

-In1th'e'd1fawiij1'g's II a v. I I I 1 gi1re1 'isa'diagrammatic side ele a-tijon df a three-deck printing'iiiach'ine inwhich the cylinders, o'fthe middle%deck an'd supplement-' '7 perfecting unit are' 'b'oth adapted I forf half" 7 leaps-ed. Pe a i fip n-th lP iiefie f .P P

Fig. 2 is a diagrammaticsideelevation of a thi'ee' d printi g ma e i h h 1 "v Y perde'c'k snares;supplement-enivcarry the half speed cylinders for supplement printing;

Fig. 3

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ring: ,4 is 5 a, dia gitmmae side elevaticn I showingathree;declgmachine with one pa'ge wide halfspeed; supplement cylinders arranged'in adyance of the'three sets soffull' 'speed ibylindersf' if' -r Fig, 5 is a "similari'vl "speed'perfe'cting n its cc'ci' py ingjthe front speed perfecting unit eccnpying a1'1' Jintei mediatepositinril1; 'FigT GTiSastopfvi I I I showing I' the pressure rollers for; exertingand rearpositions;with 'thesup'plementhalf?i plein'ent sheet} a i Fig: 's as-a;

60 papers in"anymultiple of two within the ca pacity ofthemachine I i I Y' 'The locati n and relativearrangement of I the cylinders with respect tooneanotliermay be Varied without departing 'frcmthe spirit m; 1

I (if the inventiom'andin the drawingsvariou constituting a mnltiplejof two up to the'full is a plan vie w :ot the' former q i Q debt" orthej aiier the printing o'ftwoone-pagexwide supple ment sheetsadapted to be'i-nsertejd one each into the respective sections of the completed newspaper, and where this is desired. the plate cylinder 29 will be plated with four dit ferent or individual plates andrun at full speed through'direct full speed gear connection with the full speed gearingot the per fecting unit of deck B, in which latter case; the one-page wide supplement web will be led full speed andassociated with the twopage wide webs from-the ether decks and collected in conjunction therewith below the former, so that each section of the newspaper will contain a supplement perfected on the unitD. I

It will thus be understood that the machine maybe adjusted to print supplement sheets on either or both units B andlD running each at half speed, or may beadjusted to print twov single page wide supplementsheets on unit D running at full speed, depending upon the manner in which the perfecting units are entrained and employed, so that the machine is adapted to producenumerous variations in the character and manner 'ofassembling of the completed'product. V

' Attention will now be directed to the .manner in which the supplement sheets are cut oft'and delivered into the bite of thefu'll 7 speed'webs atthe delivery end of the machine. This mechanism is shown in detail in Fig. 8-. V The full speed webs from the upper and lower decks A and G are led over-suitableg rollers and-delivered tothe former 41 over;

the usual drag roller 42. The usual folding rollers 43 are located in advance of the tor-' mer, and afterleaving the rollers 43 theassoc'iated and "folded webs'are severed-by the cutting cylinder 44 andt-he alternate lengths p of web constituting one of the sections are caught by the retractile pins or the collecting roller. 45 and carried around therollerinthe usual manner-and united with'theoncoming web constituting the associated section ot the: complete-newspaper 1n the manner common' in prior machines per'ating upon thecollect-- inprinciple. a

, The half speed and thence between-the supplement cutting cylinders 47and48which are located above the drag roller 42, and are fedat approxim ately halfspeed, o'rslightly less, tocontorin to the speed ottravel of the supplement web.

I --A supplement web trointhe-pertecting unit of the intermediate deck B may alsoibe' led through" the rollers 46 to the, cutting cylin ders 47 and 48 where; the perfecting unit "B iis being used for halfispeed supplement printing, al.thoiigh,=wherei s-aid deek is being used tonfull speedprinting, the "web will be :led over .a roller .49 i and i-associated :with' the othergfull speed webs onthe drag roller 42;

13118.acutting eylinders 47 and 48 are posit supplement J web 32, how 7 ever, is passed between a pair of rollers;46,:

'tivel'y driven through gearing which maybe, entrained to drive these cylinders either at half speed or full speed, depending upon I whether the perfecting unit I) isoperated to print one supplement or two two-page supplements. As shown in Fig. 8, the cylinders 47 and and where half speed'isdesired the cylindei." 48 is driven through a large spur gearr52 meshing with a smallspur pinion 53, which in turn meshes with a spur pinion at the tar.

endof the shaft which carries the full speed spur pinion 54,1neshing with the'spurteeth 55 of a bevel pinion 56 meshing with abevel 48 are provided with spur gears50 and' '51, v

pinion 57 on a'shaft 58 in train with the main driving traini'for the machine. I v 1 P Where it' is desired toimpart tullfspee'd to the cylinders 47 and 48, an intermediate spur gear 59 is entrained, and the .smallspur Zpinf ion153 is throwniout of train sothat'the cylinders 4? and48 can be readily adjusted either to operateat full speed orhalf speedfl- I Although the supplement driving is' referred. to as half speed, it willbefound advantageous to so proportion the gears that the actual feedingt'ravel of the supplement rollers and cylinders willbe slightlyle'ss than halt speed with the purpose in view o'fcut ting the supplement sheets of ajlength slight as, i ly less than the length of the remainingpages V of the newspaper sections to allow aslight margin oflerrorin the "positioning of the supplement sheets within the newspaper sec tions; and it willtheretore be understoodthat" where'half speed is 'referredto itis the in tention-tolinclude a speed which though slightly less approximates a half speed with-f in thelimitsjot variationrequired in properly=positioning the supplement sheets within the newspaper sections. 1

''Below the cutting cylinders; 47 and '48 located suitably'driven brush rollers 60f'and'.2"

lying roller 49 ZThepur'po'se of these brush webs betweenwhich it is: interposed, "and erly inserted in the intended section as. the V ting cylinderr44.

Inorderto' prevent the; possibility of di splacement of the-severed supplementsheet] latter 'is cut offbelow the former bythe-cut;

afterithas'been inserted between the full. speedwebs'andiwhile 'it ispassing' over the former, a pair otsuitably' driven brush rollers "63 and 64-areprovided'which bear against thecenter ridge of the former alongfthe'folch ing line-of the web and serve'to exert sufiicient pressure against the edge of the in serted supplement sheet to prevent the latter from slipping out of registry'with the full speed webs with which it is associated.

In order to providefor slight adjustment of the cutting cylinders 47 and 48which may V be'require'd in order to properly gage the distance between such cylinders andthe drag roller'4c2, the cutting cylinders; as shown in Fig. 9, are ournaled within a slidable frame 65, suitably supported from the main frame of the'machine, which sliding frame may be slightly raised or lowered through the action of an adjustingscrewefi having right and leftscrew threadsGT ,operatingupon wedge blocks 68' and=69 whichfare interposed between the slidable frame 65 and an adjacent portion of the fixed. frame otthe machine; These wedge blocks act againstthe tension of springs 69'which bear against theslidable' frame 65,"and the adjustmentsrequired' will not be in degree sufli'cient to interferew-ith the meshing of the driving train; Obviously other equivalent means might be provided for securing the intended adjustment.

As shown in Fig. 12,the carrier'cylind'er 48 which constitutesth'e female element of the cutt-ing pair is provided with retractile pins 7 70 carried by a cam actuated arm 71 ofthe character commonly employed, which pins serveto momentarily engage the leading edge ofthe supplement web and carry it around brought well under the pressure of the brush be drawn back andthe web will proceed until the cylinder 48 until the leading edgejis roller 60 after which the retractile pins will i it enters'the bite'otthe full speedwebs;

Immediately 'aheadiof the brushiroller 160;

are located strippers v between which the web run'sto the second brush roller 61, below which are again located strippers 61* which continue to *controlt'heforward edge of the;

web until it enters the bite of the j full speed 7 v webs at the' instantit is being severed from V the half speed supplement web byth-e cutting 7 action of the cyl'inders47 and 48.x "After'thei" full speed webs are brought together on the dragrolleron top of the former, the supplementsheet will have'to travel quite a distance a between the webs fromthetop of the former to thefoldin'g rollers below the bottom ofthe 'former before there; is sufiicient pressure between the webs to contro'l'the leading end of v the supplement sheet. 'Thereason for-thisis because formers ofl the usual type at thepres. ent time are notmade insuch afiway that they V have any control or the suppIem'entI sheets whereall ithejf full' speed webs "are out below 7 theformer unless tapes, areeniployed; 1

In the present invention t-he brush rollers are provided in the center of the former to put pressurefon the websjrunning on, the former with a 'twofpagesupplementfsheet be:

' sheet at all times.

7 are driven by be'l.ts=65- orithe'like.

tween them, which has perfect controlof the With thisdevice it will not be necessary to use any tapes on the former. The supplement sheets will register with the main pages and'th'e' press may be run at a high rate of speed.

Mention has alreadybeen made of the use of the brush rollers 63 and'64 whioh are located above the ridge of the'former', but it is desirable to provide coacting rollers63 and. 64 located'behind the ridge in-the formerand operating through center slots in the" former, as indicated in Fig. 8, which shows the-former partially broken away to reveal a the rollers. These rollers may be driven by other suitablemanneri ;chain and sprocket mechanism 644, or in any Qne alternative method "of 7 sureupon therid'ge of the former 1s shown inFigsJ13 and 7, in which rollers 65* are proing or the like, and'feach offsuch rollers is mounted on a depending adjustable bracket 65 carried by an obliquely extending bar 65* fixedly secured to the frame of 'themachine and supported abovethe ridge of the former,

which may beadjusted tovary the pressure on the webs and supplementsheets;

- .The brackets 65 are provided with slot a j j 185 vided which are preferably ofsem1-hard rub her, or formed with a rubber orleather fac- 65, each slot receiving ttflJOSS 6 5 which has screw threaded therein a pin 65 carrying a washereti the outer end of the .pinbeing unthreadedand reduced to receive the head of a handle .6 5 which when inwardly positione'd'engages the threads and may be'turned' o to exert 'pressure against-"the washer for clamping the bracket in adjusted position." i g i The downward adjustment of the bracket willbe limited-by acollar 65 carriedby .a stud 65Pproje'cting above the bracket," the collar being held in adjustedposition on the stud by a aiset-:. scre'w V65 the pressure ofjthe rollers to "be' ndividually adjusted, Sand {at the" same time permits the rollers tobe readily lifted and thrown out of commission so as to afford space beneath the rollers for thethreadingrot the webs; and the pinsafiorcbprojectionstor littingtheirollers V g andbrackets. x

driven, but,"it desired? the arrangement shown in Fig. fi may be employed; in which the rollershafts carry belt rollers 65 which Wherejit is desired to p aste in thesupple ment sheets,za pastor: 7 2 is provided above the upper full-speedfweb, so that aJstr-ip of arrangement permits The rollers above described are power of two pages plus margins;

ment of- .a roller :73 with arreccentricv 74 carried by the shaft of the cuttingcylinder 47. j

The roller 73 is journalled upon an arm itively driven through the action of gears 78 and 79, the latter of which is mounted upon a shaft 80 which, deriyes power through chain and sprocket connections, 81 from a.

shaft 82, as shown in F ig; 11. This arrangement permitslthe paster roll 77to rotate con tinually, butbrings it only at recurrent in,-

tervals into contactwith the under side of the overlying web.

The printing machine shown Fig.2 dif' fers from the machine' shownin Fig. 1 in certain structural arrangements, although the principle of operation is quite similar; The machine of 'Fig. 2 provides two full speed perfecting units, each four pages wide, each perfecting unitadapted to carry sixteen printing plates oneach'deck and to run at full speed. The machine also employs an eight page perfecting unit above the decks having cylinders in length equal to thewidth of four pages plus margins, and also ems ploys in the rear a four page perfecting unit having cylinders in length equal'to the width In'Fig. '2 the lower deck A corresponds, save for the length of the cylinders, to the deck A of Fig. 1,' while the .deckCVcorresponds, save for the length of the cylinders, to the upper deck C-of Fig.1. Therear deck D of Fig. 2 is two pages wide, and corre sponds, in all respects, tothe: unit D of Fig. 1, while the upper supplement I perfecting unit B is four pages wide, and corresponds, save for the length of the cylinders,.to the deckB of Fig. 1. That is to say, theperfectingunits carried by the'decks A and C are the full speed perfecting units, while the units B and D are the supplement perfectingunits.

The supplement perfecting unit Dis Sim ilar, in all respects, including the lengthof the cylinders, to the unit .D first described, and a special .description thereof is; not deemed necessary. The perfecting unit B, however, issimilar instructure-to the per fecting u'nitD, in that it employs butva single plate cylinder 83, but said cylinder isof a length equal to thewidth of four pages,

' which plate cylinder coacts with'an impres= sion cylinder 84 and inking cylinder 85. Duplicate plates are employed for the printing of a, two page wide'jsupplement sheet, and. whenthuslplated; the;;web 86; will be led around one endof the impression cylinder to receive the plate impressions at one end of the platecylinder, and thencewill-be led over the angle bars 87 and reversed to receive on its opposite surface. the impression andi l8jof themachi ie of 1 The supplement web 93 from therear supf plenienteperfecting unit 1) isfdlSO ledthrou'gh suitable tellers to ,the supplement cuttingj 1' cylinders 885 and, 89, sothat both half; speed 7 supplement sheets willv be assembled, cut and inserted into'the full-speed websin; amanner I from the pla es -tithe-eppq te of. the plate cylinder, after iwhiehiitl may be led to the supplement 1 outtingi eyl nders 88v andfith which-correSpOnd to the flitting; cylinders of the 'w'eb sees a.twe... ege rid supplem nt web is-,i -n iieatedam.deae i ne a he r ght. I

of Fig.2, but the ame. web: may heeledthro gh-1 Q lers9 and 91 directly to th zdrag;

in all respects similart thatheretofore ,d scribed}, The. perfectingj unit of deck 'B,

being :four pages in width, ,may, ifdesired, I

beemployed as a full speed pjejrfecting unit, in which casea two page wide. web will be printed on one side-and then perfected on the .other at full speed by the plate cylinder 8311; i 1. T Where thus-used in conjunction with the full speed four page wide perfecting of: the two lower .decks,.and wherethe; product ispcollected below the former, all three of the If fuhl speed perfecting units will bejplatedjwith individual plates, and the product collected into'lse'ctions, while the two-page widesupple-f ment perfecting unit oflf iga2 willbe plated with duplicate .plates and; the halfspeed; web;

cut onifin'to twoypagewide supplement. ,se

tionsintroduced into the alternate web-sec, tions .composing the newspaper sections ,of the complete newspaper, the introduction of thesupplement sheets'being similar. inallgre spectsito that heretofore described, save for the fact thatin dealing with a fourpage wide full speed webcinniiingfrom thel'decks A and G, it-willbenecessaryjto split theweh andiiun the dividedsection thereof over two formers,

as indicated in Fig. 3, or inlieuthereof to carry one section of the, Web ovenenglebars arena associateit on one former withwthe other section of theiweb in?.,.ai.manner;well

.understoodinzthe are, Qfcourse, thesupp'lenie'nt sheetsjfromzthe half speedunitsBand D ,Yclan both be delivered into OIlGfltHldalihG same newspaper section, :so that they will enter saidsectionin, contiguous Trelatiorif :Fig. 4 shows a printing ,machine'which similar. in all essential; respectstoethflitiachines heretofore described, save for the fact that thegthreefull speed perfectingv units. are

arranged in vertically superposedrelationih conjunction with one half speed supplement perfecting unit one page wide, the cylinders I I and the pplement Web is'ledfrom onecoiii le '7 to th other toperfect both si-des of the web The machineof Fig. differs from themachinesheretofore described materially in the en Z.

fact'that inthis machine all of the perfect- :ing units are located close to the floor line. 'Inthis'case, the perfecting unitsE and F are. four pages wide full speed perfecting units each adapted to carry sixteen individual plateson the plate cylinders 95and 96 which co-act respectively with impression cylinders 97'1' d.r98 a2? 1:1 f V lie-supplement perfectingunit Gr is ariangedjb'etw'eenythe' perfecting units E and F aflc'liicoinpri'ses plate cylinders 1 99 and 100', wliichiare' preferably 'one page wide and which "co-act with impression cylinders 101 and 102in the printing ofa one page wide supplement -web103;' lVhen operating at half speed the supplement'perfecting unit will be driven through; gearing 104 and 105, indic ated in dottedlines in Fig 5; In thisarrangement, all of the perfecting-units are drivenithrough'vertical shafts 106, 107 and 108 having bevel gear connectionwith a horizontal main driving shaft 109, although it i's -obviousv that themethod of driving the full speed fandhalf speed perfecting units 7 may conformto any method of drivingrwell knownin the present' art. The supplement perfecting unit G when runningzat half speed andplated withduplicate plates will deliver the web to the supplement cutting cylinders 110" and 111, which will introduce a supplementf into every-other. section of the full speed web,as indicated in full lines, but when the supplement perfecting-unit-G is running atfull speed the web will-be led to rollers 112 located beyond the cutting cylinders and delivered to the drag'ro'ller42 above the former thereto unite with the one division of the" four page wide fullspeed webs; V

In order that the adaptability ofthe ma chineof'the present invention to the printing of newspapers in any-.multiple oftwo up to thefullcap'acity of the machine may be clearlyunder'stood', I will nowdescribe the various operations of the machine of Fig. 1 in the printing of variouslyconstituted newspapers, with the understanding, however, that the j operation of theother machines is essentially similar save r for" variations in capacity due 1 to the; number of; perfectingunits and the length" of the cylinders. The description which: now follows has reference to the printingof collecting runs from individual plates on theful-l'speed' perfecting units and with duplicate plates'on the half speed supplement units.

- Asi'xteen page-paper: To print and fold asixteenpage paper, the" first and second decksjof the eight page perfecting unitswill bepreferably usedQ The'top deck of the press and the supplement perfecting units can be: thrown out of commission. 7 The two full speed perfected webs fromthe first and second decks will be fled to t he fdrag roller. V i w i and operating thus, there will be :two eight page sections collectediand folded' together as one product, making. a sixteen page paper. iAn eighteen pagepapernBy usingthe; lowerand upper decks at full speed and the supplement perfecting unit'D at half 1 speed,

' a two page; supplement will be introduced into-the alternate fullspeed web sections, which will be collected into anseighteen page newspaper consisting of one eightpagesec tion and onetenlpage section: 1,

7 'Atwenty page paper: "By employingthe upper and lower :full speed deckswith; the

middle deck operating atshalfspeed, and 5 v7 plated :with duplicate Q plates; a four page supplement willgbe introduced into alternate web sections an'd a twenty page paper produced consisting of two sections, one of eight 7 pages and theother of twelve pages; Asimilar result can be accomplished by, operating two of themain decks at full speed and operating the supplement perfecting unit of deck I) also at full speed and platedhwith indi. vidual plates, in which case a two page supplement sheet will be introduced intoeach of the sections resulting in a newspaper consistingoftwosections eachoften'p'ages; V 1 A twenty-two page paper: By operating the' upper andlowermain decks at full speed and: themiddledeck-and supplement unit Deach'at half speed, afounp'agesupplement and twopage supplement will be introduced into one of the sections 'oflthe coinpleted f newspaper, which willresult in a paper co nprising'one eight page section and one four-. teen page section folded together-as. one

product. I .7

-f A twenty-fourpage paper: Toproduce a. twenty-four,pagevpaper, the threedecks A, B a'ndfG'will all berun at full speed with "individual plates, and will produce a newspaper consisting of "two sections e'achcon stitutlng of twelve pages-collected and delivered below the' former. A similar result may be-obtained by-runninglthe middle deck: at

half speed withduplicate platesyand the teen pages. and theotherof ten-pages: A twenty-sinp'agepaper; To print-and fold a twenty-s1 X page newspaper, the tln eo eight page-decks of -the press will run at full p e and the suppleme t efiee es 319i? with duplicate plates will run at half speed and deliver a two page supplement sheet to every alternate section of the full'speed webs resulting in a newspaper collected'and folded to provide a twelve page se'ction'and a foure teen page section, V I 1 f A twenty-eight'page paper: To printiand fold a twenty-eight page paper, the three eight page decks of the press will run at full speed, and the four. page supplement perfecting unit D plated with individual plates will, also run at full speed, and under this mode of operation, the "knife and retractile pins of the cylinders l? and 48 may be removed, and said Icylinders driven at full speed, which -will. result in the collecting,

folding and delivering ofa newspaper con-. sistingof two sections each of fourteen pages. Under another mode of operation, the one page wide supplement web will not run through the cylinders a7 and 48, but will be associated with the full speed perfected webs that'are associated on the drag roller, which will also result in a newspaper consisting of two fourteen page sections.

It will be noted from the above that the presentmachine is designed when operating on the collect runs to print and fold newspapers in sections .without skipping any product. which constitutes a multiple of two pages up to the full capacity of the-machine which is something greatly demanded by the publishers.

If it be desired to print and fold a book form paper, duplicate plates will be'used, and where thus plated,'the following products can be printed-and folded. in book form, namely, two, four, six,'eight, ten, twelve and fourteen. pages. Where book form newspapers are beingproduced, it is necessary to I operate all of the perfecting units at full speed, sinceeach page length of the webs will result in a'completenewspaper, so that all of the constituent portions thereof-must i?- travel at the'same speed.

7 Of course, where the printing machine employs cylinders of a length equal tov the width of four pages, the capacity of the machine will be greater than that heretofore described,but the method of operating and v the nature of the product under such conditions will be in all respects similar to thatheretofore-described, so that it is not deemed necessary to further discuss in detail the mode of operationof the machines illustrated in Figs. 2, a and 5, In each case the results are due'to theprovision of supple ment perfecting units capable of being run athalfspeed for the purpose ofintroducf ing supplement sheets into alternate sections'of the full speed web inthe manner heretofore described, and this capacity, i joined with the capacity for full speed operation of the supplement perfecting units, enables the requisite number 'ofpages ,to be Moreover, inthe printing of thevarious introduced supplements in order, to give products, the machine of -,Fig.: 1 in each-instance will be operated with no idle cylihr der surface;-that is to say, each plate inder' in operation will carry its full complement of plates so that all portions of the associated impression cylinders will be brought into actionand the inking mecha- I nisms will function ;-in the normalway,

which is important, inthat it avoidsthe objection due to inequality in the beating down ofthe blankets and wear on-the impression cylinders when the plate cylinders are partially plated, and also avoids special adjustments of the ink fountains which is required when the plate cylinders are operated with less than the full complement of plates. j o I The reduced speed gearings being located on the far side of the machine, and constituting a'trainseparate from the full speed gearing, may be given any tooth ratiode; sired to feed the supplement webs I either as half speed or less than halffspeed, as occasion may require.

The method here lnvolved is applicable tonumerous types of printing machines which operate on'the collecting principle, and, of course, the location and method of. driving the supplement perfecting unit 'orunits can be varied in conformity with any structural or motive principle desired without vdeparting from the spirit of the invention, so that numerous variations in thesedetails .is contemplated, and it wi'll'be understood that the various; modifications shown are merely by way of. exemplifying the basic principle ice of operation hereinbefore illustratedand I described.

Iclai'ma he c 1. In a prihtin'gmachinmthe combination of a main cylinder perfecting unit in length equal to the width of a plurality-of pages, means for driving the main unit at. full speed, i a supplement cylinder perfecting unit in length equal tothe width'of two pages, means for driving the supplement perfecting unit either at full speed or partial'speed, a former, a drag 'rollerclocated I atthe rear end of the former, supplementv cutting cylinders behind the drag, roller 2 1 3 andadaptedto cut the supplement sheet i when traveling at partial speed at theinstant its leading end comes intotheinfiu-' ence o f'the drag'roller, roller means exertj to hold the supplement sheet in registering. relation withthe adjacent section of the full ing pressurealong the ridge of the former speed web, andcollectingmechanism below the former, substantially as described. 2." In a printing machine, the combination of a main cylinder perfecting unit in length equal to the width 'ofa pluralityof pages, means for driving the main unit at full speed, a supplement cylinder perfecting unit in length equal to the width of two pages,.means for driving the supplement perfecting unit either at full speed orpartial speed, a former, a drag roller located at the rear end of the former, supplement cutting cylinders behind the drag roller and 'adaptedto cut the supplement sheet when traveling at partial speed at the instant its leading end comes into the innuence of the drag roller, roller mea-ns exerting pressure along the ridge of the former to hold the supplement sheet in registering relation with the adjacent secs tion of the full speed Web, said roller means a supplement cylinder perfecting unit in length equalto the wldth f two pages, means for driving the supplementperfecting unit either at full speed or partial speed, a form er,a drag roller located at the rear endof the former, supplement cutting cylinders behind the drag roller and adapted to out; the supplement sheet when traveling at partial speed at the instant its leading-endcomes into the influence of the drag roller, roller means exerting pressure alongthe ridge of the formerto hold the supplement sheet in stantially as described.

registering relation with the adjacent section of the full speed'web, collecting mechanism belowjthe former, and roller meansand strippers located between the supplement cutting rollers and the drag roller for guiding the leading edge of the supplement web prior to its engagement by the dragroller, sub- 4. In a-machine of the class described,tl1e combination of a. plurality of full speedperfecting units and means for driving the same at full speed, a supplement perfectingunit and means for driving the same at slightly less'than halfthe surface speed of the full speed perfecting units, supplement cutting cylinders co-operating with the supplement perfecting unit and means for drivingthe sameat the same surface speed as the supplement perfecting unit, a main cutter, and means for rotating the same at'full surface speed, the supplement cutter being adapted to cut altwo page supplement sheet slightly.

shorterthan the main'sheets cut by the main 3 cutter, substantially as described;

5. In machine of the class described, the combmatlonof maln perfectmg umts and means for drlvlng the same at full speed, a

four page supplement perfecting unit and means for driving the same, a" supplement carrier cylinder having retract le pms adapted to be protruded beyond the surfaceof the supplement sheet when stripped from the carrier cylinder by" the retraction'ofthe pins, substantially as described,

, I 6. In machine of the [class descr1bed,"t he combination of a supplement cutting'devme comprising cutting and carrier. cylindersv adapted to 'make acleancut foreachvrota tion of the supplement cuttingdevice, a former, rotary folder and 1 main cutting and 4 collecting mechanismco-operating with the supplement cutting 7 cylinder, the relation of the parts being such as to resultin thecutting" of supplement sheets slightly shorter than the main sheets,'and means for associating the cut off supplement sheets with the main H sheets, substantially as described.

7. In a machine ofthe class described, the combination of two full speed perfecting units including plate cylinders with column circumferential r jthe plateycylinders', a

former, forwarding'means adjacent to the former, means for leading two full speed per fected webs from said perfecting units to the forwarding means,- supplement perfecting means including a plate cylinder providing an area for four plates, means fors-drivin said cylinder at a slower speed than the full speed perfectingunits, a supplement cutting device, means for-driving said cutting device atthe same surface speed as the supplement perfecting means, means forleading a one page wide supplement web fromthe supplement perfecting means'to the supplement cutting device,'mea ns for leading the supplement web from the "supplement cutting device to the forwarding means adjacent to the former full speed erfected websv 'running over the former," a plurality of-pressure means on the center of the former adaptedto hold each cut off supplement sheet in the'properposition between the full speed webs to maintain regs combination of a plurality of full: speed main perfecting units having cylinders in length equal to the width of a plurality of pages,

and introducingv the same betweenj the two meansfor driving said perfecting units at full speed, an eight page supplement perfect ing unit and a four page supplement perfect ing unit, means adapted to drive each, of the supplement perfecting units at the samespeed as the full speed perfectingfunitsorat a slower speed, a former, two page Wide supplement cutting" cylinders above the former, means for driving said cylinders at the slower speed of the: supplement perfecting units, and a mainfcutter and collecting device below the former,substantially as de scribed.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination of supplement cut-tingand car- Triercylinders'fthe carrier cylinder being prol I end of the supplement sheet when thepins are vided with retractile pins adapted to control theleading end of the supplement sheet and means for actuating said pins,a roller having a yielding contact surface co-operating with the carrier cylinderto act upon the leading retracted inside the cylindenaifull speed foroll e a a center of the former adapted torun as warding means, strippers positioned to guide the supplement sheet toward the full speed forwarding means, a former, and supplement sheetlcontrolling means. on the former to hold the cut of? supplement'sheets in position, substantiallyas described; I

10. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of amain perfecting unit, supplement cutting cylinders, means for driving at the same surfacespeed as the main perfecting units to control the supplement sheets run-f I ning at'fullspeed over the former,substantially as-describ'ed;

means for operating the same at fullspeed,

a supplement unit and associated web feed;

ing-devices andmeans for operating the same at a reduced speed, means for cutting off sections of the supplement web to constitutersupplement sheets, means forvbr nging the cut off supplement sheets into register with alternate sections of the full speed web, 1

a pasting device in proximate relation to the supplement sheet cuttingmeans', connections between said supplement sheet cutting means and said paster forbringing the latterinto acting relation with the full speed web for applying paste to every other section thereof prior to the association of the supplement sheets with the main web to bring the supplementjsheetsinto register the pasted 'sectionsand'me'ans'for applying pressure to the main web and the lnserted supplement sheets; along the pasting line, substantially as described. v

' 12.,Tl1e combination of a printing, inserting, 'and'folding"machine, comprising a plu: i'alityof full speed perfecting units, a iamt a former, adjustable rollers in the 11. In a machine'of the class described," combination'of a main perfectingunit and associated main web feeding devices "and,

ity of pages in width having columnscircumi- 7 supplement perfecting .uiiitadapted vtorun at slightly less than half thesurface speed 'o'ffthe full speed perfecting units, a supplement cutting device adapted to run at the samesurface speed as the four-page supplement perfect ferential to the-plate cylinders; ai ur-page I i ing unit, afforwardingfdevieefmeans fo'r leading [a plurality;v of "full speed perfected webs or web members tothe forwarding ldevice, means for leading aone-page wideper; fected web from jsaid fOur-page supplement perfecting unitto the supplement:cutting dc? I vice, means for} inserting two-'pagei'supple merit-sheets between the full speed webs 'or registry with the main pages, and with les's margin at either end of the col-umns'ofthe supplement Sheets than those of the 'main pages,s'ubstantially asdescribed;

i at a 13. Thecombinationof 'a'prlntin'gfinserti a ing', I and folding machine comprising a ,plu-i, rality of 'fullspeed perfecting units, a plural:

ity of pages' in width having'colu'mns circum'- ferential to the plate cylinders, two supple ment perfecting units adapted to run at approximately half the surface speed as the full speedjperfe'ctingunits, asupp'lement cutting device adapted' to run at the same s'urfa cesp'eedas the supplementperfecti'ng units, v

means for leading a plurality" of full speed perfectedwebs or web -members to a forward-f i'ng device'fmean's for leading a two-page wide web" or web member to; the supplement cutting deviceflneans for leading a one pafg'e wideweb or web member'to the same-cutting device, means for 'severlng a four pa gesheet and a two-page sheet, and-irneans for insert- "L 111% the r-P 'heet a ci the two-page Sheet between Speed web'sot'Wb I members, substantially as described:

' 14. In a printing,1nsert1ng, and' 'foldingh machine of the class described, with-i col-* iunns circumferential to the plate. cylinders,-

adapted to perfect a plurality of fulljsp'ed webs or web members, aneight-page perfect-j ing' means adapted to run at full speed; or

slower speed, a four-pageperfecting, means ad ptedto runat full speed or slower speed, a former co-operating with said printing mafchine, a supplement cutting andinse'r'ting'de: A vice adjacent to said former and'jadapted' to run at slower'speed, and main cutting,coll ect mg, I and foldin'gfdevices below said former, said mechanisms being effective to pnnt and fold a newspaper', start ng with two pages and'ncreasing by two pages up toth'e ran capacity the printing machine. I I,

15; A v newspaper printing machine, com prising full speed perfecting means,'a former cooperating-with said perfectingmeanmfiill speed cutting and collecting "means below said" former," adapted to" make itwo *cuts' for; each revolution o'f'thej full speedperfecting means, a supplement perfecting means'hay- 80 web memberswith the supplement pages in ing a plate .area of only four plates and adapted to operate at full speed and a slower speed, asupplement cutting cylinder and supplement carrier cylinder geared together said cylinders from said former, an inserting. d6V1CQb6i3W8811 SalCl carrier cylinder and said former, means for cutting and inserting two-page supplementsheets between and in i register withthe'main pages that are folded on said former, means for collecting the said two cuts with a two-page supplement sheet in one of the said cuts, a second folder-means below said former,.adapted to fold'together the-said'collected cuts, said mechanisms being effective to print and fold a newspaper, starting with two pages, and increasing by two pages, up to the full capacity of the printing machine. i p I '16. A newspaper printing machine,-com

prising a plurality of full speed'perfecting 7 means, a formerco-operating with the full speed perfecting means, full speed cutting,

collecting and folding devices below said former, a supplement perfectingmeans havingian area of four plates, adapted to operate at fullspeed and at a slower speed, said supplementj perfecting means being mounted on a'jframe, back rofsaidfull speed perfecting means, and" adjacent torpaper rolls, supple-j ment cutting and inserting devices above said former, geared to operate at the same speed as thesupplement perfecting means when operating at'the slower speed, said supplement cutting and insertingdevices being ar-- "ranged between full speed perfected: webs which are folded on saidformer, said mechanismsbeing effective to print and fold a newspaper, starting with two pages, and increasing by two pages, up to the full capacity ofthe printing machine.

. z 17. In a printing machine of the class de- -'scriloed, comprising a first folder, device, a pair of supplement cylinders adapted to, op-- erate at a slower speed, mounted on a'frame abovesaid first folder'device, the top cylinder of 'the'said pair having cutting means, and the bottom cylinder of said pair having sheet carrying pins adapted tocarryput sheets part way around said cylinder; a. sheet forwarding means operating on the outside of sald bottom cylinder, adaptedto control the cut sheets at a point where thecarrying pins 7 do not carry said-sheets, and means for guidingvsaid sheets away from the said bottom cylinder, to rundownward between inserting mejansyto full speed forwarding means, wheresaid sheets will start to run at full speed between the fullspeed perfected webs,

' saidpairofsupplement cylinders being fur ther equipped withadjustingmeans adapted,

to move both of said cylinders up or vdown.

18. A printing machine of the class dey scr bed, comprislngaformer, alpalrof supplement'cylinders geared to operate atareduo-ed specd,lsaidcylinders being mounted on' a frame'izabove said former, the top cylinder of said pairhaving cutting'means, the bottom cylinder "of said pair being equipped with sheet carrying pins, and sheet forwarding means on the outside of said cylinder, sheet inserting fullispeed forwarding means below said I bottom cylinder and said, forinder, and a former below said full speed forwarding means, the v said pair of supplement ,Warding means on the outside of said cyl cylinders-being further [equipped with ad justing means for mov inders up or down. i o V "1 9. In a printing, inserting and folding machine ofv the classidescribed, with columns circumferential to the plate cylinders, a plurality of full speed "eight-page perfecting means, perfecting, means having a plate area of eight plates adaptedtooperate atfull speedan'd a slower speed, a supplement perfecting means having a plate area of four plates adapted to operateat full speed and a slower speed, a former co-operating with the above na1ned,.perfecting jmeans, full speed cutting, collecting and-folding devices below said former, a pairof supplement cylinders,

ng both of said oylone of said cylinders having cutting means,

and the other, cylinder of said 'pair being equipped vwith sheet carrying means, said f pair of cylinders'being geared to operate at e a slowerspeed, inserting means between said 1 pair of cylinders and said former, saidmechanismsf being effective to print and fold a newspaper startin'gwith two pages, and in? creasingby two pages, up to the full capacity of the, printingmachine; anyor all of the 7 above perfecting means, when in operation,

having no iidle plate or impression surfaces on any of the above combinations, at the option of the operator.

20.=A newspaper printing, insertingand' folding machine of the class described, ,com-

prising a plurality ofleight-pa'ge full speed the web after the web v,over said angle ba IsLby twoplates ojnf;. the other end of the perfecting units, a supplement perfecting means havmg an area of only four plates mvaeaz same plate cylinder, a former co-operating with said perfecting units and said perfecttime, to increase and decrease the distance of p ing means, full speed cutting, collecting and folding devices below said former, supplement cutting means back of said former, geared to operate at the same speed as the supplement perfecting means when operating at the slower speed, and an inserting device between said cutting means and said former.

21. The combination of the class described, comprising three eight-page perfecting units mounted on frames on difi'erentlevels,thebottom and top units geared to operate at full speed, the middle unit geared to operate at full speed. and a slower speed, a supplement perfecting means having an area of only four plates geared to operate at full speed and a full speed cutting, collecting and folding de-' vices below sa1d former, supplement cutting means arranged between full speed webs which are associated above said former, said supplement cutting means geared to, operate at the same speed as the supplement perfecting means when, operating at the slower speed, an inserting means between said supplement cutting means and sa1d former, sa1d mechanisms being eflective to print and fold a newspaper starting with two pages, andincreasing by two pages, up to the full capacity of the printing machine, any or all of the above perfecting means, when in operation, having no 1dle plate or impresslon surfaces,

on any of the above combinations, at the option of the operator.

22. The combination of a former, a pair of, cutting cylinders back of said former geared to-operate at a reduced speed, one of the cylinders of the pair being equipped with cutting means, the other cylinder of the same pair being equipped with knife-cutting slot and sheet carry'ingpins; an inserting means 7 between said cutting cylinders and said former, said cylinders being further equipped with adjusting means adapted 'to move the said pair of cutting cylinders at the same said cylinders from said former.

JOHN A. BOYCE. 

